Overcoming acute and chronic pain
Subtitle: keys to treatment based on your emotional type
By: Marc S. Micozzi, M.D., Ph. D., and Sebhia Marie Dibra
Contributors: Dibra, Sebhia M., 1988- author
Publisher: Healing Arts Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781620555637
Subjects: Alternative treatment; Psychosomatic Medicine; Pain; Alternative medicine
Description: "Find the holistic treatment that will work best for you based on your emotional type and specific pain condition -Provides an easy questionnaire to determine your emotional type and an interactive self-assessment for finding the right pain treatment for your condition -Explores mind-body treatments for many common pain conditions, including arthritis, back pain, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel, migraines, carpal tunnel, and PTSD -Reviews the scientific evidence in support of acupuncture, biofeedback, hypnosis, massage, chiropractic, yoga, herbs, and essential oils Throughout history many healing traditions have focused on analgesia--the alleviation of pain--an area in which modern medicine provides few options beyond narcotics, steroids, and surgery. For those seeking drug- and surgery-free alternatives or complements to conventional pain management, the choices can be overwhelming. How do you know which method will work for you? In this guide to safe and effective natural therapies for acute and chronic pain, authors Marc S. Micozzi, M.D., Ph. D., and Sebhia M. Dibra explain how your emotional boundary style--how you react to emotional, social, environmental, and physical stresses--affects which complementary treatments will work best for you. Providing an easy questionnaire to determine your emotional type and an interactive self-assessment for finding the right pain treatment for your condition, they explore the effectiveness of mind-body treatments for each emotional type and for many common pain disorders, including arthritis, back pain, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel, ulcer, migraine headaches, carpal tunnel, anxiety, PTSD, and other chronic pain conditions. They review the available research and scientific evidence in support of each therapy, suggesting only well-established, safe, and clinically proven alternative treatments, such as acupuncture, biofeedback, hypnosis, massage, chiropractic, yoga, herbs, and essential oils. Approaching pain holistically, they reveal how pain should be understood as a dynamic condition--an interaction between mind and body as well as between patient and therapy--and how your emotional type is key to long-lasting and successful results"--

"Find the holistic treatment that will work best for you based on your emotional type and specific pain condition."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-268) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface. Taking a natural approach to pain; title: Introduction. The problem of pain; title: Mind-body techniques for pain. Pain and your emotional type ; Relaxation and stress reduction ; Biofeedback ; Imagery and visualization ; Hypnosis ; Meditation and yoga ; Spiritual healing; title: Hands-on healing. Massage and bodywork ; Chiropractic ; Acupuncture and qigong; title: Managing pain with natural products. Vitamins, nutritional foods, and herbs ; Essential oils and aromatherapy.